READY, SET STAAR
What is the best thing to do in the morning before I come to school on STAAR day?
Eat a healthy breakfast!
I can use these to make predictions about nonfiction text before I start reading.
What are text features?
Paragraph 3 is mostly about --
Main Idea
What are context clues?
Clues in the text that help us figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word
The person telling a story.
What is the narrator?
What do I eat at school on STAAR day?
Pack a healthy lunch OR Eat a healthy lunch from the cafeteria
What does a summary look like in a non-fiction text?
There should be a little bit from each section below a heading.
What is a character?
A person in a book, movie, play, etc
What is the name for the author's message or the important point he/she wants us to understand after reading the story?
Theme
Get a good night of sleep
What is the best thing to do the night before STAAR?
To inform a reader about a certain topic.
What is the author's purpose of most non-fiction text?
In poetry a paragraph is equal to a ______ in a story?
Stanza
How a character acts, looks like or feels?
What are character traits.
What is the best way to get my concentration back if I get a little sleepy during the STAAR test?
Take a break and go to the restroom or get a drink of water.
Captions, for example, are ones that get ignored sometimes.
What is a text feature that I should pay attention to when reading?
When words like, yesterday, before, at first or finally are used in a paragraph it helps the reader understand ...
sequence of events
What are the main types of poems we discussed?
Narrative, Lyrical, Free Verse, and Humorous
A story's location or time
What is the setting?
What is it that I can do after I am finished with my test?
Bring a book to read
Headings
What is the words or phrases that tell what a section is mostly about?
In a Non- Fiction story where could I usually find the Main Idea (Text Feature)?
Headings or at the beginning of a paragraph
In fiction, a good summary of a story include what?